Education & Experience

I am a graduate of all 3 major campuses of University of Alaska, doing my undergraduate at University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) in Juneau, and my BSW program at University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). I finished my MSW at University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). I am also an Alaska certified Chemical Dependency Counselor (CDC II). I started work in the helping professions in 2000, with an initial interest in teaching, but ended up in a teaching practicum with working therapeutic foster care youth, where I discovered the counseling profession it's perfect fit for who I am. From there I developed a love for doing wilderness therapy, especially kayaking expeditions, and did that for several years. Eventually, as a person in long term recovery from alcohol and drug abuse myself, I focused my attention on helping others with substance abuse issues and specialized in that for 12 years before again following another passion, helping people overcome trauma, which led me to EMDR.